Articles by ‘John North’

Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt has attempted to curb European antitrust concerns by submitting a proposal to Joaquin Almunia the Vice President of the European Commission and Commissioner responsible for competition policy.

Nike have become the first UK company to have a Twitter advertising campaign banned by The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA).

Employers will breathe a sigh of relief after a recent case[1] on restricting the amount of an employee’s salary which is counted for defined-benefit pension purposes.

Last week we saw both social networking site Twitter and search engine giant Google coming under the spotlight for privacy and regulatory issues.

The deadline to comply with the changes in law in relation to internet cookies is fast approaching.  Is your website cookie compliant?

Roger May, a pensions solicitor with over 20 years’ experience, at City solicitors Royds LLP, has published a 24 page White Paper called “The Emperor’s New Pension” which explains in detail how most British…

Good news for the technology sectors today when Mr Osborne said that he wanted the UK to become “Europe’s technology centre” with the following key announcements:

The key points emerging from the Chancellor’s statement today are as follows: 

With a strong retail practice and a commitment to supporting businesses and people in our immediate vicinity as part of our community programme, we decided to provide a short video to the stunning One New Change retail centre which is opposite St Paul’s Cathedral and just 5 minutes walk from our offices. It’s running on screens in the lifts there – so anyone going up to the shops and numerous restaurants on the upper levels will see it. 

In the Autumn Statement yesterday, the Chancellor said that he hoped to unlock a further £20bn investment for infrastructure projects from pension funds – he called it “British savings for British jobs”.

The Chancellor made his much-leaked Autumn Statement at 12.30pm today and whilst there were a number of measures to try to help businesses and families who are still struggling with the aftermath of the recession, the austerity measures and the fallout from the Euro crisis mean that overall it doesn’t make happy reading. Here is our summary of the main developments:

Earlier this month there was a flurry of media comment (see below) marking the first anniversary of what has become known as “Silicon Roundabout” by locals but “Tech City” by the Government.